Unit 1: Number and Operations: Place Value, Addition & Subtraction (16 days)
Represent the value of a digit in decimals using expanded notation and numerals
Compare and order decimals to the thousandths place
Develop and use strategies or methods for computations, with decimals, through the hundredths, in order to solve real-world problems
Represent the problems with algebraic expressions and equations to include unknowns
Round Whole Numbers and Decimals to the Hundredths
Estimate to determine solutions to mathematical and real-world problems involving +/- of whole numbers and decimals
Perimeter through the formula (l + l + w + w) and the connection of Whole Number addition
Reinforcement of all facts through 12 x 12
TEKS: 5.2A 5.2B 5.2C 5.3A 5.3K 5.4B, 5.4H
Essential Questions
Unit 1
How is adding and subtracting with decimals similar and different from adding and subtracting whole numbers?
How can patterns and equations be used as tools to best describe and help explain real-life situations?
When are decimals to the thousandths place used in the real world?
How would you compare and order decimals through the thousandths?
How are comparing whole numbers and decimals alike and different?
How do I take apart and recombine numbers in a variety of ways for finding sums and differences of whole numbers? Decimals?
How do I recognize which strategy to use for a specific problem involving whole numbers? Decimals?
Vocabulary: value, digit, decimal, expanded notation, numeral, tenths, hundredths, thousandths